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Monday, 20 August 2012

This post may not be much use to anyone, which is a shame as
it’s my “comeback” after quite an absence! We’ve got it in Spanish, and I can’t
find an English translation anywhere! L
If anyone knows of one, please let me know. I tell it in English, and the
Spanish isn’t difficult if you have just the very basics.

Botas Nuevas is my 2 –year-old’s latest obsession. I think
we read it four times a day at the moment, so it seems a good book to come back
with! It’s great for little ones, and good fun to work with with early leaners
of English. The story’s simple and the illustrations are beautiful: bright and
bold and conveying the most wonderful sense of life and energy and fun.

The title and the first page say it all: Jan’s got NEW BOOTS,
big, bright red wellies, and in these new boots he can do all that a child could possibly need to: run, jump, dance, climb, kick a ball around and splash in puddles!
My little one loves jumping up and showing me how he dances and runs and jumps,
just the same as Jan. Various animals (real and stuffed) look on or take part
in the action, making for a great book to point things out in and talk about.

I like this page best of all: doesn't it just make you want to jump up and run around with them???!